Ex-Serco bosses cleared after fraud case collapses
The Serious Fraud Office drops a prosecution over an alleged scandal involving tagging criminals.
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The Serious Fraud Office drops a prosecution over an alleged scandal involving tagging criminals.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, proclaims Proverbs. Since the 2017 merger of Martin Gilbert’s Aberdeen Asset Management and the dowager of Scottish insurance, Standard Life, the two firms have contrived to damage both titles. The idea that the group’s new identity Abrdn will have financial advisers up and down the land celebrating ‘a brand that cuts through’ is risible. It is more likely to have advisers pulling their hair out as they try to explain what it represents to clients deciding how to deploy hard-earned savings. Makeover: The idea that Standard Life A...
Woman admits stealing £100k from community's youth football club Mum-of-three Michelle Marshall, 41, "wishes to know her fate as soon as possible" after admitting in court to two counts of fraud by abuse of her position as a director Michelle and Simon Marshall pictured at a fundraising night for the club Michelle admits stealing from (Image: Bernard Ashton) The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we will use the information you prov...
Woman admits stealing £100K from community football club Her husband will face a trial over a fraud allegation Michelle and Simon Marshall pictured at a Phoenix FC fundraising night (Image credit: Bernard Ashton) Get the inside track on the big stories from Liverpool Crown Court with our weekly newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee...
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ex-Serco Exec Felt 'Uncomfortable' About Understating Profits Law360, London (April 6, 2021, 6:20 PM BST) -- A former executive at Serco was "uncomfortable" about understating profits the outsourcer made from selling electronic tagging systems to the British government but never considered the practice to be dishonest, prosecutors said Tuesday at his London fraud trial. Simon Marshall, Serco's former operations director of field services, told Serious Fraud Office investigators in 2016 that he struggled to understand why the company suppressed the profitability of...